General Machinist Salary in Maine

How much does a General Machinist make in Maine?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a General Machinist in Maine is $50,821 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

However, a General Machinist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $61,546
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $46,067 to $56,435
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $41,740

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General Machinist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,435	$4,703	$1,085	$27
Average	$50,821	$4,235	$977	$24
25th Percentile	$46,067	$3,839	$886	$22

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Key Factors That Influence General Machinist Salaries

A General Machinist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do General Machinist Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract General Machinists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $57,712.
California: $57,493.
Massachusetts: $56,726.

District of Columbia $57,712 California $57,493 Massachusetts $56,726 Washington $56,518 New Jersey $56,497 Alaska $56,424 Connecticut $55,705 New York $55,413

Hawaii $54,480 Rhode Island $54,042 Maryland $53,745 Minnesota $53,338 Colorado $53,182 Illinois $53,130 Oregon $52,932 Delaware $52,786

New Hampshire $52,694 Virginia $52,489 Pennsylvania $51,889 Nevada $51,587 North Dakota $51,488 Michigan $51,332 Wisconsin $51,274 Vermont $51,160

Texas $50,842 Maine $50,821 Arizona $50,790 Ohio $50,753 Georgia $50,274 Indiana $50,034 Wyoming $49,987 Utah $49,914

Iowa $49,883 Kansas $49,632 Louisiana $49,559 North Carolina $49,533 Missouri $49,523 Florida $49,320 Montana $49,210 Nebraska $49,106

Kentucky $49,049 South Carolina $48,840 Tennessee $48,710 Idaho $48,658 New Mexico $48,277 Oklahoma $48,194 Alabama $47,886 South Dakota $47,370

Arkansas $47,089 West Virginia $46,938 Mississippi $46,484

Top Paying Cities for General Machinists

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $50,016
Harmony: $49,994
Hartland: $50,059

Freedom, ME $50,016 Harmony, ME $49,994 Hartland, ME $50,059 Hinckley, ME $50,107 Jackman, ME $49,864 Kingfield, ME $50,148 Liberty, ME $50,108 Madison, ME $50,215

Monroe, ME $49,944 Morrill, ME $50,030 Newport, ME $49,950 New Portland, ME $50,226 New Sharon, ME $50,165 New Vineyard, ME $50,196 Norridgewock, ME $50,197 North Anson, ME $50,227

North Vassalboro, ME $50,317 Oakland, ME $50,214 Oquossoc, ME $50,046 Palmyra, ME $49,982 Phillips, ME $50,066 Pittsfield, ME $50,063 Plymouth, ME $49,957 Rangeley, ME $50,078

Portland, ME $52,468 Falmouth, ME $52,349 South Portland, ME $52,468 Cape Elizabeth, ME $52,364 Peaks Island, ME $52,414 Cumberland Foreside, ME $52,297 Auburn, ME $51,358 Andover, ME $50,064

Bethel, ME $50,148 Bryant Pond, ME $50,335 Buckfield, ME $50,560 Canton, ME $50,243 Durham, ME $51,682 Danville, ME $51,512 Dixfield, ME $50,139 Dryden, ME $50,196

East Andover, ME $50,079 East Dixfield, ME $50,220 East Livermore, ME $50,516 East Poland, ME $51,419 Stoneham, ME $50,358 East Wilton, ME $50,314 Greene, ME $50,964 Hanover, ME $50,106

Hebron, ME $50,918 Jay, ME $50,230 Lewiston, ME $51,330 Lisbon, ME $51,493 Lisbon Falls, ME $51,413 Livermore, ME $50,434 Livermore Falls, ME $50,401 Greenwood, ME $50,402

Mechanic Falls, ME $51,265 Mexico, ME $50,187 Minot, ME $51,075 Monmouth, ME $50,802 New Gloucester, ME $51,717 Newry, ME $50,012 North Jay, ME $50,206 Leeds, ME $50,679

North Monmouth, ME $50,728 North Turner, ME $50,644 North Waterford, ME $50,591 Norway, ME $50,754 Oxford, ME $51,026 Paris, ME $50,854 Poland, ME $51,427 Roxbury, ME $50,030

Rumford, ME $50,158 Sabattus, ME $51,105 South Paris, ME $50,784 Turner, ME $50,786 Wayne, ME $50,555 Weld, ME $50,067 West Bethel, ME $50,108 Bowdoin, ME $51,099

West Minot, ME $51,001 West Paris, ME $50,582 Peru, ME $50,263 West Poland, ME $51,388 Sumner, ME $50,421 Wilton, ME $50,198 Augusta, ME $50,339 Coopers Mills, ME $50,407

Dresden, ME $50,821 East Winthrop, ME $50,495 Farmingdale, ME $50,634 Gardiner, ME $50,726 Randolph, ME $50,634 Hallowell, ME $50,571 Jefferson, ME $50,234 Kents Hill, ME $50,337

Litchfield, ME $50,876 Manchester, ME $50,436 Mount Vernon, ME $50,216 Whitefield, ME $50,436 Palermo, ME $50,150 Sebasco Estates, ME $51,633 Readfield, ME $50,422 Saint Albans, ME $50,021

South Bristol, ME $50,858 Squirrel Island, ME $51,027 Trevett, ME $51,063 Waldoboro, ME $50,224 Walpole, ME $50,777 Washington, ME $50,098 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $51,118 Southport, ME $51,232

Wiscasset, ME $50,973 Woolwich, ME $51,094 Ellsworth, ME $49,895 Addison, ME $49,834 Gouldsboro, ME $49,878 Bar Harbor, ME $49,972 Beals, ME $49,889 Bernard, ME $49,989

Birch Harbor, ME $49,926 Blue Hill, ME $49,948 Brooklin, ME $49,949 Brooksville, ME $49,948 Calais, ME $49,815 Cherryfield, ME $49,759 Columbia Falls, ME $49,756 Corea, ME $49,880

Cranberry Isles, ME $49,891 Cutler, ME $49,760 Deer Isle, ME $49,995 Dennysville, ME $49,713 East Blue Hill, ME $49,950 East Machias, ME $49,760 Eastport, ME $49,907 Franklin, ME $49,884

Frenchboro, ME $49,864 Grand Lake Stream, ME $49,682 Hancock, ME $49,958 Harborside, ME $49,939 Harrington, ME $49,867 Hulls Cove, ME $49,973 Isle Au Haut, ME $49,864 Islesford, ME $49,968

Jonesboro, ME $49,800 Jonesport, ME $49,846 Little Deer Isle, ME $49,988 Lubec, ME $49,784 Bass Harbor, ME $49,990 Machias, ME $49,810 Machiasport, ME $49,834 Meddybemps, ME $49,682

Milbridge, ME $49,887 Mount Desert, ME $49,935 Northeast Harbor, ME $49,968 Sullivan, ME $49,890 Pembroke, ME $49,759 Perry, ME $49,804 Princeton, ME $49,679 Prospect Harbor, ME $49,931

Robbinston, ME $49,749 Salsbury Cove, ME $49,979 Sargentville, ME $49,962 Seal Cove, ME $49,937 Seal Harbor, ME $49,953 Sedgwick, ME $49,957 Sorrento, ME $49,937 Southwest Harbor, ME $49,981

Steuben, ME $49,859 Stonington, ME $49,999 Sunset, ME $49,827 Surry, ME $49,947 Swans Island, ME $49,902 Wesley, ME $49,617 Whiting, ME $49,745 Winter Harbor, ME $49,888

Baileyville, ME $49,730 Houlton, ME $49,627 Ashland, ME $49,555 Benedicta, ME $49,445 Blaine, ME $49,614 Bridgewater, ME $49,497 Caribou, ME $49,716 Clayton Lake, ME $49,626

Crouseville, ME $49,658 Eagle Lake, ME $49,610 Easton, ME $49,666 Estcourt Station, ME $49,646 Fort Fairfield, ME $49,691 Fort Kent, ME $49,713 Fort Kent Mills, ME $49,671 Frenchville, ME $49,727

Grand Isle, ME $49,659 Island Falls, ME $49,450 Limestone, ME $49,677 Madawaska, ME $49,810 Mapleton, ME $49,599 Richmond, ME $50,904 South China, ME $50,201 South Gardiner, ME $50,787

Vienna, ME $50,125 Windsor, ME $50,173 Winthrop, ME $50,637 Bangor, ME $49,929 Abbot, ME $49,938 Aurora, ME $49,667 Bradford, ME $49,907 Bradley, ME $49,908

Brewer, ME $49,927 Brookton, ME $49,499 Brownville, ME $49,763 Brownville Junction, ME $50,070 Bucksport, ME $49,923 Burlington, ME $49,745 Greenbush, ME $49,860 Carmel, ME $49,931

Castine, ME $50,035 Charleston, ME $49,916 Danforth, ME $49,581 Dover Foxcroft, ME $49,945 Corinth, ME $49,925 Eddington, ME $49,913 Holden, ME $49,917 East Millinocket, ME $49,709

East Orland, ME $49,918 Etna, ME $49,942 Exeter, ME $49,934 Frankfort, ME $49,932 Greenville, ME $49,644 Greenville Junction, ME $49,807 Guilford, ME $49,925 Hampden, ME $49,930

Howland, ME $49,811 Hudson, ME $49,921 Kenduskeag, ME $49,926 Kingman, ME $49,529 Lagrange, ME $49,870 Lambert Lake, ME $49,588 Lee, ME $49,733 Levant, ME $49,929

Lincoln, ME $49,730 Mattawamkeag, ME $49,568 Medway, ME $49,581 Milford, ME $49,900 Millinocket, ME $49,506 Milo, ME $49,857 Monson, ME $49,933 Olamon, ME $49,874

Old Town, ME $49,908 Orono, ME $49,922 Orient, ME $49,533 Orland, ME $49,919 Orrington, ME $49,924 Passadumkeag, ME $49,845 Penobscot, ME $49,920 Rockwood, ME $49,721

Sangerville, ME $49,968 Sebec, ME $49,888 Shirley Mills, ME $49,902 Springfield, ME $49,603 Stetson, ME $49,937 Stillwater, ME $49,923 Topsfield, ME $49,541 Vanceboro, ME $49,584

Waite, ME $49,609 West Enfield, ME $49,833 Winn, ME $49,634 Winterport, ME $49,930 Wytopitlock, ME $49,459 Bath, ME $51,448 Alna, ME $50,628 Boothbay, ME $50,972

Boothbay Harbor, ME $51,088 Bristol, ME $50,664 Chamberlain, ME $50,751 Damariscotta, ME $50,633 East Boothbay, ME $51,009 Friendship, ME $50,339 Georgetown, ME $51,383 Isle Of Springs, ME $50,974

Bremen, ME $50,524 Newcastle, ME $50,653 New Harbor, ME $50,831 Nobleboro, ME $50,452 Edgecomb, ME $50,825 Pemaquid, ME $50,782 Phippsburg, ME $51,590 Cushing, ME $50,174

Round Pond, ME $50,655 Sandy Point, ME $49,928 Searsmont, ME $50,047 Searsport, ME $49,937 Shawmut, ME $50,262 Skowhegan, ME $50,152 Smithfield, ME $50,178 Solon, ME $50,152

Stockton Springs, ME $49,928 Stratton, ME $50,110 Strong, ME $50,153 Temple, ME $50,134 West Forks, ME $49,845 Thorndike, ME $49,980 Troy, ME $49,965 Unity, ME $50,028

Vassalboro, ME $50,182 West Farmington, ME $50,328 Berwick, ME $53,339 Cape Neddick, ME $53,746 Eliot, ME $54,458 Kittery, ME $54,616 Kittery Point, ME $54,205 North Berwick, ME $52,928

Ogunquit, ME $53,409 South Berwick, ME $53,877 York, ME $54,184 York Beach, ME $53,925 York Harbor, ME $54,198 Acton, ME $51,418 Alfred, ME $52,146 Bailey Island, ME $51,933

Bar Mills, ME $52,063 Biddeford, ME $52,080 Biddeford Pool, ME $52,081 Bowdoinham, ME $51,063 Bridgton, ME $50,976 Brownfield, ME $50,931 Brunswick, ME $51,666 Bustins Island, ME $52,031

Cape Porpoise, ME $52,314 Casco, ME $51,582 Center Lovell, ME $50,599 Chebeague Island, ME $52,145 Cliff Island, ME $52,258 Cornish, ME $51,518 Cumberland Center, ME $52,199 Denmark, ME $50,923

East Baldwin, ME $51,649 Lebanon, ME $52,509 East Parsonsfield, ME $51,246 Sebago, ME $51,517 East Waterboro, ME $51,910 Freeport, ME $51,936 Fryeburg, ME $50,668 Gorham, ME $52,153

Gray, ME $51,836 Harrison, ME $50,696 Hiram, ME $51,358 Hollis Center, ME $51,974 Kennebunk, ME $52,353 Kennebunkport, ME $52,155 Parsonsfield, ME $51,245 Limerick, ME $51,719

Limington, ME $51,706 Long Island, ME $52,347 Lovell, ME $50,527 Moody, ME $52,996 Naples, ME $51,368 Newfield, ME $51,635 North Bridgton, ME $51,002 North Waterboro, ME $51,819

Windham, ME $52,101 Ocean Park, ME $52,121 Old Orchard Beach, ME $52,156 Orrs Island, ME $51,889 Porter, ME $51,072 Pownal, ME $51,855 Scarborough, ME $52,331 Raymond, ME $51,745

Saco, ME $52,124 Sanford, ME $52,389 Sebago Lake, ME $51,705 Shapleigh, ME $51,903 South Casco, ME $51,775 South Freeport, ME $51,910 Harpswell, ME $51,879 South Windham, ME $52,198

Springvale, ME $52,084 Standish, ME $51,922 Steep Falls, ME $51,810 Topsham, ME $51,489 Waterboro, ME $52,006 Waterford, ME $50,641 Wells, ME $52,893 West Baldwin, ME $51,557

Westbrook, ME $52,345 Buxton, ME $52,066 West Kennebunk, ME $52,326 West Newfield, ME $51,382 Yarmouth, ME $52,150 North Yarmouth, ME $52,042 Mars Hill, ME $49,663 Monticello, ME $49,563

New Limerick, ME $49,595 New Sweden, ME $49,662 Oakfield, ME $49,544 Oxbow, ME $49,342 Patten, ME $49,374 Perham, ME $49,628 Portage, ME $49,602 Presque Isle, ME $49,728

Saint Agatha, ME $49,704 Saint David, ME $49,693 Saint Francis, ME $49,627 Sheridan, ME $49,568 Sherman, ME $49,494 Stacyville, ME $49,433 Sinclair, ME $49,611 Smyrna Mills, ME $49,463

Wallagrass, ME $49,666 Stockholm, ME $49,618 Van Buren, ME $49,680 Washburn, ME $49,661 Westfield, ME $49,592 Rockland, ME $50,147 Camden, ME $50,142 Glen Cove, ME $50,125

Hope, ME $50,123 Islesboro, ME $49,995 Lincolnville, ME $50,036 Lincolnville Center, ME $50,037 Matinicus, ME $49,953 Monhegan, ME $50,486 North Haven, ME $49,987 Owls Head, ME $50,055

Port Clyde, ME $50,336 Rockport, ME $50,130 South Thomaston, ME $50,056 Spruce Head, ME $50,085 Tenants Harbor, ME $50,231 Thomaston, ME $50,092 Union, ME $50,121 Vinalhaven, ME $49,987

Warren, ME $50,068 West Rockport, ME $50,136 Waterville, ME $50,246 Albion, ME $50,167 Anson, ME $50,201 Athens, ME $50,061 Belfast, ME $50,036 Belgrade, ME $50,151

Belgrade Lakes, ME $50,099 Bingham, ME $50,057 Brooks, ME $49,954 Burnham, ME $50,003 Cambridge, ME $49,993 Canaan, ME $50,075 Caratunk, ME $49,962 China Village, ME $50,304

Clinton, ME $50,092 Corinna, ME $49,954 Detroit, ME $49,971 Dexter, ME $50,020 Dixmont, ME $49,947 East Newport, ME $49,952 East Vassalboro, ME $50,211 Eustis, ME $49,908

Fairfield, ME $50,177 Farmington, ME $50,218 Garland, ME $49,928 Farmington Falls, ME $50,299

General Machinist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For General Machinist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 100% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the MFG Durable and Retail & Wholesale sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 50% above the average. In contrast, General Machinist positions in Software & Networking or MFG Nondurable typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view General Machinist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a General Machinist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
MFG Durable	$76,231	$37.0	50%
Retail & Wholesale	$66,067	$32.0	30%
Aerospace & Defense	$60,985	$29.0	20%
Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit	$55,903	$27.0	10%

General Machinist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a General Machinist's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$46,067

Average $50,821/year

$56,435

$3,839

Average $4,235/month

$4,703

$886

Average $977/week

$1,085

$22

Average $24/hour

$27

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,435	$4,703	$1,085	$27
Average	$50,821	$4,235	$977	$24
25th Percentile	$46,067	$3,839	$886	$22

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